Shearwater Glacier

Shearwater Glacier
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location	Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Coordinates	77 ° 19 ′ S , 166 ° 31 ′ E Coordinates: 77 ° 19 ′ S , 166 ° 31 ′ E
drainage	Ross Sea

The Shearwater Glacier ( English ) is a glacier in the northwest of the Antarctic Ross Island . It is located immediately southeast of the Quaternary Icefall and west of Palais Bluff .

The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1989 after the English name for the genus Calonectris from the family of the petrels to the example. Of Cory's shearwaters counts.

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1401 (English)